EXHIBIT 99(a)(i)
LORD XXXXXX INVESTMENT TRUST
AMENDMENT TO
DECLARATION AND AGREEMENT OF TRUST
The undersigned, being at least a majority of the Trustees of Lord Xxxxxx
Investment Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust"), organized pursuant to
a Declaration and Agreement of Trust dated August 16, 1993 (the "Declaration"),
do hereby (i) establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration, a new
series of shares of the Trust to be designated the "Lord Xxxxxx Convertible
Fund" and (ii) establish, pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Declaration, the
following classes of the Lord Xxxxxx Convertible Fund: Class A, Class B, Class
C, Class P, and Class Y. Any variations as to purchase price, determination of
net asset value, the price, terms and manner of redemption and special and
relative rights as to dividends on liquidation, and conditions under which such
series or class shall have separate voting rights, shall be as set forth in the
Declaration or as elsewhere determined by the Board of Trustees of the Trust.
This instrument shall constitute an amendment to the Declaration.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument this 22nd
day of April, 2003.
/s/Xxxxxx X. Xxx /s/X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxx X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.X. Xxxx /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
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Xxxxxxx X.X. Xxxx Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx.
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx /s/C. Xxxx XxxXxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx C. Xxxx XxxXxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxx